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Wow -- you would think Rene and others forget that there are markets outside the US and Canada. Verizon having good sales doesn't automatically discredit reports of Apple cutting production. Apple will fall. They all do. You guys just need to get over it.

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Wow -- you would think Rene and others forget that there are markets outside the US and Canada. Verizon having good sales doesn't automatically discredit reports of Apple cutting production. Apple will fall. They all do. You guys just need to get over it.

Plus TECHNICALLY, Apple released the i5 at the end of the 3rd quarter (so this number doesnt include presales, etc). If you include the other competing phones release at the end of the 3rd Quarter, that also includes: Motorola Droid M, Samsung Stellar, and LG Intuition (again, off top of head)...

So, pretty much every company in the smartphone wars (except Blackberry) had a new phone (or multiple) released in the same time period as the newest iPhone. And seeing how this is talking about iPhones activated *total* (instead of just the iPhone 5) I would think that the numbers are pretty comparative.

Edit: I see your correction. And yes I agree.

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While I agree that yearly stats would be good, there were quite a few devices that came out on Verizon in the 4th Quarter. Thats the Holiday quarter, so everyone wants something to sell.

Plus TECHNICALLY, Apple released the i5 at the end of the 3rd quarter (so this number doesnt include presales, etc). If you include the other competing phones release at the end of the 3rd Quarter, that also includes: Motorola Droid M, Samsung Stellar, and LG Intuition (again, off top of head)...

So, pretty much every company in the smartphone wars (except Blackberry) had a new phone (or multiple) released in the same time period as the newest iPhone. And seeing how this is talking about iPhones activated *total* (instead of just the iPhone 5) I would think that the numbers are pretty comparative.

Exactly. And when I looked at the close after reading the "Why AAPL had to close at $500" article, I couldn't believe it closed at EXACTLY $500. This is folks looking for a quick buck over the next weeks, and aside from cold, hard facts, which there will be none, you won't be able to convince me otherwise.

Also, keep in mind these Verizon numbers come when (A) sales people actively try to sell a Samsung Android phone to anyone asking for an iPhone (happened to two of my less tech saavy friends, who both returned them for iPhones within the 14 day window) AND (2) not one single iPhone on display in any corporate Verizon store I have been in over the past 2 months (5 stores across 3 states). And all had them in stock.

Odd, no?

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Exactly. And when I looked at the close after reading the "Why AAPL had to close at $500" article, I couldn't believe it closed at EXACTLY $500. This is folks looking for a quick buck over the next weeks, and aside from cold, hard facts, which there will be none, you won't be able to convince me otherwise.

Also, keep in mind these Verizon numbers come when (A) sales people actively try to sell a Samsung Android phone to anyone asking for an iPhone (happened to two of my less tech saavy friends, who both returned them for iPhones within the 14 day window) AND (2) not one single iPhone on display in any corporate Verizon store I have been in over the past 2 months (5 stores across 3 states). And all had them in stock.